WHY PROS ALWAY SAY " FIELD IS SO SOFT"

[CHIPPYMAN]

If the field is always soft and most pros used this line , who's going to win then ? Is this line just to encourage themself that they are beating the field or just to let their stakers know that they are confident in that certain tourney ! No matter if that's a £100 or £1000 or even £5000 comp , I always hear this magic words . But who's winning at the end ? To me , if a player can out in £100 or £1000 or £5000 , defo it's not a soft field . So when a pros say soft field , is that mean we amateur don't need to enter the comp ?

This is not a dig but I am really annoy by players/pros saying thus all the time . U can call a players fish or loose but the field is soft ? Nahhhhhhhhh

[RED-DOG]

If the field is always soft and most pros used this line , who's going to win then ? Is this line just to encourage themself that they are beating the field or just to let their stakers know that they are confident in that certain tourney ! No matter if that's a £100 or £1000 or even £5000 comp , I always hear this magic words . But who's winning at the end ? To me , if a player can out in £100 or £1000 or £5000 , defo it's not a soft field . So when a pros say soft field , is that mean we amateur don't need to enter the comp ?

This is not a dig but I am really annoy by players/pros saying thus all the time . U can call a players fish or loose but the field is soft ? Nahhhhhhhhh

Farmers say it too.

[Doobs]

If the field is always soft and most pros used this line , who's going to win then ? Is this line just to encourage themself that they are beating the field or just to let their stakers know that they are confident in that certain tourney ! No matter if that's a £100 or £1000 or even £5000 comp , I always hear this magic words . But who's winning at the end ? To me , if a player can out in £100 or £1000 or £5000 , defo it's not a soft field . So when a pros say soft field , is that mean we amateur don't need to enter the comp ?

This is not a dig but I am really annoy by players/pros saying thus all the time . U can call a players fish or loose but the field is soft ? Nahhhhhhhhh

Is that field that is always soft where you left your straw man?

[theprawnidentity]

Never really thought about this, I guess it's just a 'go to' phrase that gets used a bit too much.  Like 'one time', innit.

[gouty]

It's called ego Frankie.

Give me a big pot against a pro anytime. At least they can fold. It's all about adjustment.

[marcro]

and after saying it they bust out without making any cash!

[Poker_Monkey]

If the field is always soft and most pros used this line , who's going to win then ? Is this line just to encourage themself that they are beating the field or just to let their stakers know that they are confident in that certain tourney ! No matter if that's a £100 or £1000 or even £5000 comp , I always hear this magic words . But who's winning at the end ? To me , if a player can out in £100 or £1000 or £5000 , defo it's not a soft field . So when a pros say soft field , is that mean we amateur don't need to enter the comp ?

This is not a dig but I am really annoy by players/pros saying thus all the time . U can call a players fish or loose but the field is soft ? Nahhhhhhhhh

Farmers say it too.

This for the win


#endthred

[Doobs]

It's called ego Frankie.

Give me a big pot against a pro anytime. At least they can fold. It's all about adjustment.

Think you have the game arse about face.

 The pros with the ego problems will always find the game that breaks them.  The pros that last are the ones who look for the games they can beat (ie the softer fields).   If you haven't got an external source of income (or haven't gut the chutzpah to charge 2.0 to your friends on Facebook), the vast majority of your games should be against fields that you consider softer than you on average.  Of course some people are really terrible at making this judgement!

And ofc you want to try and play your big pots in position vs the worst players, only ego would drive you to try and play your big pots against the better ones. 

And finally, I don't know a single person who considers all fields soft.  And you can always end up in a great spot on a great table in a tough tournament and a terrible one in a tournament that is otherwise soft.

And barring one person, we'll all go bust in the end.  If you have game selected well, it will be to a worse player more often than not, such is the beauty of the game. 

[cambridgealex]

Doobs nailed it ^

[gouty]

I've been Doobed.

I agree with all that. Sometimes I feel I know where I am on later streets against a better player than a housewife over playing a pair of jacks in her first live event.

[AndrewT]

Doobs crushes thread.

But then that's no surprise as thread was joke soft.

[theprawnidentity]

rest

[Karabiner]

Chutzpah ITT. 

[Sheriff Fatman]

Generally speaking, I usually see the words "the field is so soft" straight after a ridiculously high mark-up.

[CHIPPYMAN]

Good reply . Thanks